license suspended in Quebec
Nov 14, 2009 | 8:33 pm
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license suspended in Quebec
My Quebec driver's license was suspended for an unpaid fine. I paid up at a courthouse on Friday but now I have to take a document to a license office and wait until the next business day...Tuesday. I want to drive to Toronto tomorrow. What am I risking if I get pulled over for some reason? Do I get one warning? Will I go to jail or have my car impounded? Would Ontario cops have it in their system? I called the SAAQ and asked them if they would know in Ontario and he said anywhere in the world they would know which I don't believe.
Nov 15, 2009 | 7:59 am
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My Quebec driver's license was suspended for an unpaid fine. I paid up at a courthouse on Friday but now I have to take a document to a license office and wait until the next business day...Tuesday. I want to drive to Toronto tomorrow. What am I risking if I get pulled over for some reason? Do I get one warning? Will I go to jail or have my car impounded? Would Ontario cops have it in their system? I called the SAAQ and asked them if they would know in Ontario and he said anywhere in the world they would know which I don't believe.
Ontario and Quebec most definitely share driving info.
Have a look here for the world of trouble you are looking at if caught http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/saf...sibility.shtml
Also, your insurance will be invalid.
Take the train. And next time pay your bills.
Nov 15, 2009 | 1:18 pm
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http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/sta...08_e.htm#s53s1
Driving while drivers licence suspended
53. (1) Every person who drives a motor vehicle or street car on a highway while his or her drivers licence is suspended under an Act of the Legislature or a regulation made thereunder is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable,
(a) for a first offence, to a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000; and
(b) for each subsequent offence, to a fine of not less than $2,000 and not more than $5,000,
or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 53 (1); 1997, c. 12, s. 7 (1).
Same
(1.1) Despite subsection (1), every person who drives a motor vehicle or street car on a highway while his or her drivers licence is suspended under section 41 or 42, even if it is under suspension at the same time for any other reason, is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable,
(a) for a first offence, to a fine of not less than $5,000 and not more than $25,000; and
(b) for each subsequent offence, to a fine of not less than $10,000 and not more than $50,000,
or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both. 1997, c. 12, s. 7 (2).